Family Group Sheet for Great-grandparents, Brown

Husband    Almon B. Brown        
Birth    Jun. 3, 1878    Wyoming Twp., Kent Co., MI          
Marriage    Oct. 16, 1901    Byron Twp., Kent County, MI          
Death    Oct. 2, 1952    Kent Co., MI                         
Parents    William Peter Brown (Charles Bechus5, Josiah  II4, Ephriam II3, John2, Ephraim I1) and Ellen Edith Brooks (William1)
    
 
Wife    Charlotte Irwin       
Birth    Mar. 4, 1883    Byron Twp., Kent County, MI          
Death    Sep. 27, 1975    Lamont, Ottawa Co., MI          
Burial        Winchester Cemetery, Kent Co., MI                           
Parents    Daniel Irwin (David S.4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Samuel1) and Martha Laycock (Jonathan1)           
 
Children

 
1    Christian Forrest Brown         
Gender    Male          
Birth    Apr. 20, 1902    Kent County, MI          
Wife    Nellie Boresma
Divorced                   
Wife    Lura Arvilla Kridler                                 
Death    Jan. 21, 1969

    
 2    Lester Almon Brown        
Gender    Male          
Birth    Apr. 13, 1905    Byron Center, MI          
Wife    Gladys Mae VanBuskirk          
Marriage    Aug. 18, 1923    Kent County, MI          
Death    Nov. 23, 1978    Fremont, Newaygo County, MI  

  
 
3    Lila Ellen Brown       
Gender    Female          
Birth    1909                        
Death    1911          

Family Group Sheet for Great-grandparents, Bates

Husband    Daniel Robertson Bates, Jr.          
Birth    1888    Guthrie Center, Iowa          
Marriage    Feb. 21, 1912    Guthrie Center, Iowa          
Death    abt. 1963    Hanford, WA         
Other Wives  remarried but name is unknown                
Parents    Daniel Robertson Bates, Sr. (Ephriam1) and Sarah Augusta Murphy (William1)  

          
Wife    Ina Mae Lambert          
Birth    Jan. 17, 1888    Guthrie Center, Iowa          
Death    Feb. 22, 1980    Chico, CA          
Other Husbands                  
Parents    Joseph Wilson Lambert (David C. Lambert2, John George1) and Susan Lydia Swartz (Michael1)           
 
Children   

 
1    Esther May Bates         
Gender    Female          
Birth    May 21, 1913    Guthrie Center, Iowa          
Husband    Elmer Robert Taylor          
Marriage    Jul. 6, 1931
Divorced after birth of daughter, Marjorie             
Husband    Ernest Nikirk  
Death    Sep. 11, 1985    Chico, CA  
 

2    Joseph Bates       
Gender    Male          
Birth    1916    Iowa          
Wife              
Marriage                  
Death               
In 2008, Mr. Bates was living in California and was using the internet and a cell phone.

Group sheet for Great Grandpa and Grandma Taylor

Husband    Charles R. Edward Taylor          
Birth    Jan. 22, 1877    Derby, Lucas Co., Iowa          
Marriage November 30,1903             
Death    May 18, 1950    Des Moines, Polk, Iowa  
Cause of death:  Fell or jumped from bridge while very ill      
Other Wife    Corrina Christine Dallinger              
Parents    Robert Calvin Taylor (John McClary6, Robert5, Matthew (3)4, Matthew II3, Matthew2, (Unknown)1) and Henrietta Maria Kneeland1 (James Hardy4, Moses3, David2, Phillip1)   

          
Wife    Corrine Christina Dallinger          
Birth    May 22, 1880    Nauvoo, IL          
Death    Oct. 9, 1964    Des Moines, Iowa          
Burial        Atlantic Cem, Atlantic, Iowa                           
Parents    Charles Jacob Karl Dallinger (Charles1) and Matilda Pauline Bruechert (Frederick Henry William1)           
 
Children   
 
1    Agnes Lucille Taylor       
Gender    Female          
Birth    Apr. 30, 1905    Atlantic, Iowa          
Husband    Horace Munzenmaier          
Marriage    Apr. 5, 1930              
Death    Jan. 17, 2000

    

2    Dorothy May Taylor          
Gender    Female          
Birth    Jan. 16, 1907    Atlantic, Iowa          
Husband    Roy O. Sargent          
Marriage    Feb. 16, 1929    Des Moines, Iowa          
Death    Jan. 18, 1983    Des Moines, Iowa 

      
3    Dell Alden Taylor          
Gender    Male          
Birth    Dec. 20, 1909    Atlantic, Iowa          
Wife    Helen Pearl Watson          
Marriage    Apr. 8, 1937    Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., Iowa          
Death    Oct. 4, 1987    ATlantic, Cass Co. Iowa       
 
4    Evelyn Ramona Taylor        
Gender    Female          
Birth    Aug. 17, 1911    Atlantic, Iowa          
Unmarried                                
Death    Sep. 22, 1997    Des Moines, Iowa 

5    Elmer Robert Taylor          
Gender    Male          
Birth    Dec. 18, 1912    Atlantic, Iowa          
Wife    Esther May Bates          
Marriage    Jul. 6, 1931                        
Divorced                  
Wife    Norma Noland          
Marriage:                
Death    Jan. 20, 1963    Rochester, MN          
Burial        St. Mary's Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO       
 
6    Ernest Taylor    Twin of Elmer, died young      
Gender    Male          
Birth    1912                                
Death    1912           

Notes on Charles R. Edward Taylor
Aunt Marge says that G. Grandpa Charles became quite ill in his older life and was last seen standing on a bridge.  Whether or not he jumped or fell, it is not known.

Notes on Dell Taylor
Dell owned a funeral home in Atlantic, Iowa  
 

Group Sheet for my mom, Charlene LuFrances Brown

Husband    Lester Almon Brown          
Birth    Apr. 13, 1905    Byron Center, MI          
Marriage   August 18, 1923               
Death    Nov. 23, 1978    Fremont, Newaygo County, MI
Cause of death:  Heart attack                           
Parents    Almon B. Brown (William Peter6, Charles Bechus5, Josiah  II4, Ephriam II3, John2, Ephraim I1) and Charlotte Irwin (Daniel5, David S.4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Samuel1)     

Wife    Gladys Mae Fauver VanBuskirk          
Birth    Apr. 18, 1905    Toledo, OH          
Death    Feb. 15, 1995    South Bend, IN
Cause of Death: gangrene in foot, diabetes                         
Parents    James Fauver (putative) Charles Isodore Lemming (step-father) and Bertha Lu Frances Van Buskirk (Charles R.2, John Boyd1)           
 
Children   
 

1    Jacquline Eyvonne Brown       
Gender    Female          
Birth    Mar. 24, 1932    Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI          
Husband    Harold Douglas Lane          
Marriage  Kent County, MI               
               

 
2    Charlene LuFrances Brown       
Gender    Female          
Birth    Jan. 19, 1933    Grand Rapids, MI          
Husband    Robert Charles Taylor          
Marriage    November 10, 1951, Kent County, MI
Divorced about 1953          
Husband    Jack Dale Loveless          
Marriage    Feb. 15, 1954                           
Divorced about about 1982                  
               

Family Group Sheet for my dad, Robert Charles Taylor

Husband    Elmer Robert Taylor         
Birth    Dec. 18, 1912    Atlantic, Iowa          
Marriage    Jul. 6, 1931              
Divorced, Elmer took son Robert and Esther took daughter, Marjorie                 
Death    Jan. 20, 1963    Rochester, MN          
Burial        St. Mary's Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO          
Other Wife    Norma Noland              
Parents    Charles R. Edward Taylor (Robert Calvin7, John McClary6, Robert5, Matthew (3)4, Matthew II3, Matthew2, (Unknown)1) and Corrine Christina Dallinger1 (Charles Jacob Karl2, Charles1)           

 
Wife    Esther May Bates          
Birth    May 21, 1913    Guthrie Center, Iowa          
Death    Sep. 11, 1985    Chico, CA          
Other Husbands:  Ernest Nikirk                 
Parents    Daniel Robertson Bates, Jr. (Daniel Robertson2, Ephriam1) and Ina Mae Lambert2 (Joseph Wilson3, David C. Lambert2, John George1)           
 
Children   
 

1    Robert Charles Taylor          
Gender    Male          
Birth    Feb. 13, 1933    Cedar Rapids, IA          
Wife    Charlene LuFrances Brown          
Marriage  Nov. 10, 1951 
Divorced about 1953              
Wife   Carolyn Bernstein         
Divorced  after birth of son Robert Charles Bernstein, II               
Wife    Betty Lucille Gilley Hammersley                                                   
Death    Jul. 25, 2001    Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IL          
Burial        cremated   

   
 
2    Margery Loretta Taylor          
Gender    Female          
Birth    Jan. 12, 1938    Des Moines, Iowa 
1st marriage, no children, remarried      
Husband    Wayne Miles          
Marriage   
Adopted Marlene and Beverly              
Death               

My Mom-Charlene Brown

Yes, I adored her as much then as I do now.  My mom was born on January 19, 1934, in Grand Rapids, MI.  She and my dad got married when they were both too young to know better.  She had me, then my brother, Jim, and they divorced before my brother was even born.  She remarried and had 6 more children, one of whom died in infancy.  Mom worked hard all her life to keep all of the children fed and clothed.  She could do anything and could squeeze a nickel like noone else I knew.  She's still with us but getting up there in years. She is the one who started me on learning the family history, having gathered tons of information herself before passing it all on to me.

My Dad, Robert Charles Taylor, Terre Haute, IN

My dad was Robert Charles Taylor, b. 13 Feb. 1933 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His parents were Elmer Robert Taylor and Esther May Bates. He has one sister, Margery Loretta Taylor (Miles). My grandparents divorced and my dad went with Grandpa Elmer while Margery went with her mother, Grandma Esther. Grandpa Elmer remarried Norma Noland, who had 2 children, Marlene and Beverly. Grandpa Elmer adopted the 2 girls and apparently, there was some trouble because my dad got sent to military school from which he ran away at least a couple of times. I don't know what brought Grandpa Elmer and my dad to Grand Rapids, MI, but that is where my dad met my mom. She was working at an ice cream parlor and eventually became pregnant with me. Dad always told me that he thought I was probably conceived on the roof of the school building and was therefore a product of "higher education".

My parents got married due to the social pressures of the time and through the encouragement of my maternal grandparents, Lester and Gladys Brown. They did like my dad a lot though and taught him how to do upholstery. He worked in a dry cleaners but learned the upholstery trade on the side. Dad was young and troubled back then and drank too much, getting himself into trouble with the law, and so on. By the time my mom was pregnant with my brother, Jim, she'd had enough and divorced him. I was not to see or hear from him again until I was 10 years old because she didn't want him to have anything to do with me or my brother.

When I was 9 years old, I went to live with my maternal grandparents, Lester and Gladys (Sally) Brown, and they allowed my dad to get in touch with me. He came to Grandville, MI from Terre Haute, IN to visit with me and we kept in touch through letters and occasional phone calls. I went to visit him when I was around 13 and met my half-brother, Robbie, Sheila, Audrey, and I'm not sure if Bobby was born yet or not. Robbie was the product of my dad's second marriage, whose mother lived in St. Louis, MO. He was there visiting Dad at the same time I was. Dad had remarried a 3rd time to Betty Giley, who had 3 daughters by a previous marriage.

Eventually, I lived at dad's house for a short time when I was 17. Life went on and I didn't keep in touch very much until about 1992. By that time, Dad was suffering the early stages of emphasema but was still doing upholstery work out of his garage. By 1995, he was in pretty bad shape but had gotten a computer and we kept in touch daily through e-mails and chats. I enjoyed that time with him so much and got to know what a really gentle, kind-hearted person he was.

By 1997, the doctors said he probably didn't have long to live so I moved to Terre Haute, IN to be close to him. My brother, Jim, also came to Terre Haute so he could get to know his father at least a little bit too before he passed. Things didn't work out for me in Terre Haute so I left but Dad was still hanging in there pretty good and I did keep in touch with him through the computer . There towards the last, we had many discussions which I will always treasure. He passed away July 25, 2001, surrounded by family members who sang him to his final sleep with one of his favorite hymns.